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Catherine Schmidt (lillyfinch@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Jul-2025 00:02:45 JST Catherine Schmidt

#Politics #NSC #Rubio #Australia #Uk #Fascism #alt
Heather Cox Richardson 7/6/25
DISMANTLING OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL RESULTS IN GAME OF THRONES
AUSTRALIA AND GREAT BRITAIN MUST ADVANCE TRUMP’S AMERICA FIRST
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1. Heather Cox Richardson 7/6/25 DISMANTLING OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL RESULTS IN GAME OF THRONES AUSTRALIA AND GREAT BRITAIN MUST ADVANCE TRUMP'S AMERICA FIRST On July 2, Nahal Toosi of Politico reported that cuts to the National Security Council (NSC) have created a “dysfunctional” policymaking process. The NSC is supposed to coordinate policymaking across the different parts of the government. But Toosi reported that when the Pentagon recently announced it was reviewing whether the AUKUS security pact between the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom advances Trump's “Americad First” agenda, the announcement came from Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby without input from other key U.S. officials, who were blindsided by the move. The acting national security advisor, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has downsized the NSC and held so few meetings that career staffers are kept in the dark and others are jockeying for power. One person told Toosi, “It's Game of Thrones politics over there.” Under Trump, the NSC has gone from being a body that can give the president advice to one designed simply to advance the president’s agenda.
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